You can use not only lens adapters, but focal reducers. So it's a lens adapter with a focusing lens - meaning it can take the light from a full frame lens and focus it to smaller diameter. A huge hit with videographers.
These older cameras are amazing. I've started shooting Raw and Jpegs but only use raws if I'm going to print anything bigger than 4x6 for everything else I use jpegs and they are awesome.
Liked even before watching 😊 looking forward to this one! I have a $20 Olympus mirror less that I can adapt my Pentax film lenses onto it. Definitely makes for a fun walk out and about shooting photos.
I have two old Olys from early mirrorless days and a few of their and panasonic lenses. I take them out every so often for fun and the quality is still awesome. I also own one of those 110s so now I am going to have to get that adapter and have go. Thanks for the inspiration.
Nice video. My casual/daily user is the Olympus Pen E-P5, it would still be above $100 I guess. I have to copies I paid around $200 but then they where very good condition. I like that it can use the VF-4 for bright outdoor shooting and it has built-in wifi for sharing photos instantly. Using the Pentax-110 series of lenses on it from time to time! The Pentax-110 50mm F2.8 is my top pick of the bunch!
love seeing the quality results the tiny auto 110 lenses can give! I have several of those tiny lenses and some old ltm glass that i wanna try on one of these olympus’s now !
Excellent vid. You see so many channels pushing new gear onto peeps who may, at the end of the day, decide they are happy enough with their smartphones. One of the great things about old gear is that it has already bottomed-out on depreciation. I could sell my fav cam for (more or less) what I paid for it six years ago!
I’m so glad I found your channel, this video and your video about your K series lenses is so interesting to me. I feel like most people are so stuck in the Canon and Nikon ecosystem that the prices of all the old gear is just insanely inflated. But Pentax and Olympus are more or less under the radar and I think you do a good job illustrating that
Love vids like this. I got my EPL-1 with the kit lens and Oly 40-150 for 60 CAD. It's in great shape and works perfectly. Fav pairing is prob the 'pancake' Nikon Series E 50mm f1.8. Love it!! Cheap, old cameras are the best :D
Do you need an adapter for this lens to work on your camera. I have the sane camera and I haven’t done much with it for a year and I’m thinking of picking up this lens.
Hi! I just bought myself a epm2 mini and was wondering what vintage lenses you bought? Also did you need to buy a mount for the lenses? Sorry for all the questions but I can't seem to find any info! Thank you
@@elliefergo4504 hi, first of all, yes you need an adapter, there are many from more expensive to cheaper choose the one that seems right for you. Second I use what I got, a 50mm OM Olympus a 50mm Minolta, a 28mm Panagor a couple of auto chin on. All are good and not too big But now I found a good price a second-hand 20mm panasonic lumix and in combo with this camera is 100% right.
Got me a nex3 some months ago for 50,-€ for my lenses from analog times. Makes me photograph more awarely - and is big fun! Thanks for this inspiring vid! 🙋♂️
Sweet deal. Yeah the 110 are great. They have a fixed aperture of f2.8 (unless you make some homemade ones) because the auto 110 body was the one that changed aperture, not the lenses. But they are surprisingly sharp in the center wide open. All of these shots were wide open. The 18,24 and 50mm lenses are the cheapest from the set.
Picked up a mint Oylmpus E-PL2 yesterday, with flash unit, extra original batter, charger and even a memory card, for $30. Perfect for my vintage glass. Bargain!
The way she holds and uses the camera, like it's a phone or tablet, is why DSLR's will go away, as most don't have as good a Live View experience as an average mirrorless, and younger buyers are going to want that good image and screen more and more. Also,. Her framing is pretty good!
I totally agree with this. But also, she tried how long it up to her eye the first time she used it, face mashed up against the back screen until I tried to explain it didn't have a viewfinder. The DSLRs I have are still a little too bulky for her small hands, but this one worked for now. But she does think everything is a touch screen. Which is crazy because we don't let her use phones or tablets and generally stay away from tech toys. Just from watching. Weird world to grow up in.
Just bought a white EP1 for my 9 year old to begin her photography journey thanks to this video. Picked up a Meike 25mm 1.8. Should I do an adapter and some auto 110 lenses instead? Or can you make a video about budget lenses for a vintage look on these old M4/3’s?
Awesome channel and beautiful contents. Any suggestion about a budget mirrorless camera with an integrated viewfinder, a part the Nikon 1 V1, that i'm trying to understand if it can be a good option with its 1" sensor and is possible find an adpter for old lenses like yours Pentax 110 ? Cheers
Late to the party... love the older cameras. Wondering what camera you shot the footage on in the early parts of the video too,... also something "vintage"?
careful with that! i started with the pen 1 as well and now i shoot primary with olympus and pentax as a secondary body xD, M43 has somethin special like pentax, actually they have many things in common! great video as usual :D
Awesome reviews. What have you found is or was the best of the small in Micro 4/3 with full manual but hot shoe add on TTL type flash? or wireless i-TTL
If there's anything you'd like me to add to my list to make it more helpful, let me know. I wanted to keep it simple, but does things like release date, megapixel count help? www.snappiness.space/mirrorless-interchangeable-lens-cameras-under-100-and-where-to-buy-them-2021-edition/
Hey, love the vid, such nice pics, I am thinking of picking up a Lumix GX85 and doing something like this, think it would still have a decent outcome? And can still use these adapters? Also, I'd appreciate any thoughts, thanks!
Yes, Olympus is nice travell light option. Im thinking about some OMD EM-5II, EM-1II or maybe PEN F if I see some with good price. And then Pentax adaptor, M42 adaptor and Olympus 14-42EZ and 14-150/4-5.6 or 12-100/4 or 12-200/3.5-6.3 lens maybe .)
The Pen-F is such a beautiful camera :) I would love to try one of those newer Olympus cameras out. They are getting quite cheap too. Amazing bang for you buck right there.
Thanks man, your video was actually helpful and everything just looked great! I'm looking at getting into more photography and everywhere i turn its 1000$ cameras and people who scored massive deals on expensive stuff. They're videos are great and introspective, but yours was more accurate to what I'd be willing to spend.
Perfect camera to try cheap Chinese lenses on. I have an EP-1 . My first was a fisheye on my first MFT camera. I have 2 used Sony Nex-3, but lenses cost more.
What brand was the cheap fisheye? m4/3 and Fujifilm are the two digital mounts I am least familiar with. Have a lot more to learn about what's out there.
It's cool to be reminded that new gear doesn't make the older stuff less capable, the pictures from that camera would still look great on any screen. Nice video! (also I tried following the link to your list, but got an error 404)
@@charlesb7033 okay, thank you both for reporting. I fixed the issue. I had set the page to draft on accident, and it was only loading for me because of my local cache :)
I wanted to ask what size adaptor and where did you buy it? I just picked up a EP2 from the thrift store and would love to adapt different lenses, but Im confused on the sizing haha.
There is a certain appeal for traveling. It would seem with the 2X crop factor that you would be getting a fair amount of pixels with a 300mm f4.5 lens, effectively a 600mm f9 lens, correct? I realize you would loose autofocus, but it does have the right stuff to pull this off?
I have mounted my 300mm f4 on it before. It was quite hilarious! But yes, if you can balance it and manually focus then the image quality was quite good still. I want to try it on my Panasonic g85 m43 camera sometime and film owls. I think that would be really neat.
hi man, i have been adapting vintage lens to a mirrorless for sometimes now. and today i received an HFT rolleinar 50mm f4. any idea how to adapt it to a nex mount without spending 150 on the fotodiox adapter? Thanks in advance
Ciao a tutti! Innanzitutto grazie per il video e tutte le spiegazioni. Avrei bisogno di un aiuto. Ho una Nikon D750 con anelli adattatori ma ovviamente perdo la messa a fuoco all'infinito usando vecchi obiettivi (per divertirmi li compro nei mercatini dell'usato). Quindi, se non ho capito male, volendo spendere il meno possibile, potrei procurarmi una Sony Nex3 e potrei usarci qualsiasi lente? anche le M42? Ci vorrà un anello adattatore? E come fa a essere compatibile, dopo aver montato l'anello adattatore, con qualsiasi tipo di lente? Grazie mille dell'aiuto! Sto provando a capirci qualcosa per avere una cosa accettabile per divertirmi con un prezzo contentuto! Jacopo
My only concern is that simple electronics can fail earlier than expected. My 17 yr old Pentax *istD still works fine but I’ve got an Olympus OM-D M10 mk 1 only about 6 yrs old and while it works fine, every time you charge the battery the camera resets and looses its custom settings and need to reset the date/time. It’s just frustrating when the rest of the camera works fine. Also one of the the Sony micro four thirds lenses I have has an electronics problem and sets an error messsge to the camera saying it won’t work. Bricked lens that’s hardly been used.
I haven't had that issue yet that I've noticed, but I do have a Sony dslr I'm playing with that every fourth picture or so half of it is missing. I'm thinking the shutter is dying or something? But yeah, not very fun when things start breaking.
hi, i have a question it is worth to buy sony nex 5n (for start the way with pfotography)?or beter idea is add some money and buy something more expensive and more new. (if in my coment are some mistakes im sorry but english is not my first language )
Every time a youtuber talks about a camera, people tend to raise up the prices knowing there will be people looking for it. Sometimes it's better to take the risk and look into some unknown and unspoken of cameras.
I got a sony nex-c3 fully working for 30 bucks (missing battery and sold as untested) with mostly commie film zooms (helios, industar eagle eye, jupiter...) and wow... it is smaller than my phone hence very pocketable (esp with the pancake) use it instead of my phone on nature trips
I don't anymore. I've owned an original Q and a Q10 in the past and really liked them. Especially the Q (metal build feels nice). When I got my Ricoh GR I didn't need another small pocket camera, and I preferred the GR for my shooting style so I sold the Q.
My man pushing it to the limit and yet get a better result than many youtubers, bravo 😆
Thanks as always :)
You can use not only lens adapters, but focal reducers. So it's a lens adapter with a focusing lens - meaning it can take the light from a full frame lens and focus it to smaller diameter. A huge hit with videographers.
Please link
A nice reminder that we didn’t have to wait for 2021 gear to take great pictures. The most important element is behind the camera!
One of my favorite channels. I bought a d80 after watching your videos and really enjoy using it. Amazing what you can do with older tech.
I still really love the d80. Great feeling camera.
These older cameras are amazing. I've started shooting Raw and Jpegs but only use raws if I'm going to print anything bigger than 4x6 for everything else I use jpegs and they are awesome.
I've been using an e-p2 for about 2 years, I absolutely love it. Got it from Japan for about $20. I love the grain it produces if exposed correctly
where did you buy from?
Thanks
Thank you!
Liked even before watching 😊 looking forward to this one! I have a $20 Olympus mirror less that I can adapt my Pentax film lenses onto it. Definitely makes for a fun walk out and about shooting photos.
$20 is even better :)
i need more channels like this. Great to see affordable gear getting great results.
I have two old Olys from early mirrorless days and a few of their and panasonic lenses. I take them out every so often for fun and the quality is still awesome. I also own one of those 110s so now I am going to have to get that adapter and have go. Thanks for the inspiration.
Nice video. My casual/daily user is the Olympus Pen E-P5, it would still be above $100 I guess. I have to copies I paid around $200 but then they where very good condition. I like that it can use the VF-4 for bright outdoor shooting and it has built-in wifi for sharing photos instantly. Using the Pentax-110 series of lenses on it from time to time! The Pentax-110 50mm F2.8 is my top pick of the bunch!
The E-P5 is the peak of the Pen series Superb build and quality.
love seeing the quality results the tiny auto 110 lenses can give! I have several of those tiny lenses and some old ltm glass that i wanna try on one of these olympus’s now !
They are a lot of fun to use on mirrorless bodies! I am shooting them a lot now on my Ricoh GXR M Mount with good results.
Excellent vid. You see so many channels pushing new gear onto peeps who may, at the end of the day, decide they are happy enough with their smartphones. One of the great things about old gear is that it has already bottomed-out on depreciation. I could sell my fav cam for (more or less) what I paid for it six years ago!
Thanks for this video, I’m looking this setup now, I have a bunch of lens floating around to adapt but those 110’s look great
Thanks a lot mate, now I want a new camera and a child
I’m so glad I found your channel, this video and your video about your K series lenses is so interesting to me. I feel like most people are so stuck in the Canon and Nikon ecosystem that the prices of all the old gear is just insanely inflated. But Pentax and Olympus are more or less under the radar and I think you do a good job illustrating that
Cool, thanks for letting me know! Glad you appreciate it. It's what I like and so I like to share it with like-minded people :)
Love vids like this. I got my EPL-1 with the kit lens and Oly 40-150 for 60 CAD. It's in great shape and works perfectly. Fav pairing is prob the 'pancake' Nikon Series E 50mm f1.8. Love it!! Cheap, old cameras are the best :D
Awesome deal! Yes, it's a load of fun.
Do you need an adapter for this lens to work on your camera. I have the sane camera and I haven’t done much with it for a year and I’m thinking of picking up this lens.
I bought an epm2 mini for just 5£ and is my daily pocket camera and yes with vintage lenses is a lot of fun too.
Hi!
I just bought myself a epm2 mini and was wondering what vintage lenses you bought? Also did you need to buy a mount for the lenses? Sorry for all the questions but I can't seem to find any info! Thank you
@@elliefergo4504 hi, first of all, yes you need an adapter, there are many from more expensive to cheaper choose the one that seems right for you.
Second I use what I got, a 50mm OM Olympus a 50mm Minolta, a 28mm Panagor a couple of auto chin on. All are good and not too big
But now I found a good price a second-hand 20mm panasonic lumix and in combo with this camera is 100% right.
AMAZING VID EXACTLY WHATI NEEDED THANK YOU
Those. Photos have excellent clarity and mood combined. Very good quality.
Were they edited?
I use Pentax 110 lenses on my Olympus. Fun combo.
What are some cheaper, old mirrorless cameras of this vintage (early 2010's) that feature an EVF? Thanks so much
Got me a nex3 some months ago for 50,-€ for my lenses from analog times. Makes me photograph more awarely - and is big fun!
Thanks for this inspiring vid! 🙋♂️
Awesome find! Have fun!
Never considered 110 lenses. Picked up and pen ep1 for $10 a while back. Been meaning to try some different lenses.
Sweet deal. Yeah the 110 are great. They have a fixed aperture of f2.8 (unless you make some homemade ones) because the auto 110 body was the one that changed aperture, not the lenses. But they are surprisingly sharp in the center wide open. All of these shots were wide open. The 18,24 and 50mm lenses are the cheapest from the set.
Picked up a mint Oylmpus E-PL2 yesterday, with flash unit, extra original batter, charger and even a memory card, for $30. Perfect for my vintage glass. Bargain!
Awesome deal!
The way she holds and uses the camera, like it's a phone or tablet, is why DSLR's will go away, as most don't have as good a Live View experience as an average mirrorless, and younger buyers are going to want that good image and screen more and more.
Also,. Her framing is pretty good!
I totally agree with this. But also, she tried how long it up to her eye the first time she used it, face mashed up against the back screen until I tried to explain it didn't have a viewfinder. The DSLRs I have are still a little too bulky for her small hands, but this one worked for now.
But she does think everything is a touch screen. Which is crazy because we don't let her use phones or tablets and generally stay away from tech toys. Just from watching. Weird world to grow up in.
I have that 110 camera and set of lenses. I'm going to get an adapter! thanks for the tip.
You should! They are some of my favorite lenses to adapt!
Hello I find quite interesting what you found, do you have the links to find the camera and the lenses please.?
thanks in advance
Just bought a white EP1 for my 9 year old to begin her photography journey thanks to this video. Picked up a Meike 25mm 1.8. Should I do an adapter and some auto 110 lenses instead? Or can you make a video about budget lenses for a vintage look on these old M4/3’s?
The Olympus ep cameras have amazing image quality
I agree :) A good pickup for one into this nice system
your video made me interested in getting this camera now!! also, where could i get that $10 lens adapter you were talking about?
Awesome channel and beautiful contents. Any suggestion about a budget mirrorless camera with an integrated viewfinder, a part the Nikon 1 V1, that i'm trying to understand if it can be a good option with its 1" sensor and is possible find an adpter for old lenses like yours Pentax 110 ?
Cheers
Late to the party... love the older cameras. Wondering what camera you shot the footage on in the early parts of the video too,... also something "vintage"?
It was the 2013 Ricoh GR. It just has terrible video 😄 But otherwise a great camera.
@@snappiness thanks for the reply... i thought it looked great haha!
careful with that! i started with the pen 1 as well and now i shoot primary with olympus and pentax as a secondary body xD, M43 has somethin special like pentax, actually they have many things in common! great video as usual :D
Yeah I could see getting into m43 more. Great system.
Awesome reviews. What have you found is or was the best of the small in Micro 4/3 with full manual but hot shoe add on TTL type flash? or wireless i-TTL
I shoot with this camera these days + olympus 12-40 f2.8
Whats the difference between ep-2 and epm2?
If there's anything you'd like me to add to my list to make it more helpful, let me know. I wanted to keep it simple, but does things like release date, megapixel count help?
www.snappiness.space/mirrorless-interchangeable-lens-cameras-under-100-and-where-to-buy-them-2021-edition/
Great list. Since you asked: It would be great (for old crumblies like me) if you indicated which cameras have a viewfinder.
Hey, love the vid, such nice pics, I am thinking of picking up a Lumix GX85 and doing something like this, think it would still have a decent outcome? And can still use these adapters? Also, I'd appreciate any thoughts, thanks!
Yes, Olympus is nice travell light option. Im thinking about some OMD EM-5II, EM-1II or maybe PEN F if I see some with good price. And then Pentax adaptor, M42 adaptor and Olympus 14-42EZ and 14-150/4-5.6 or 12-100/4 or 12-200/3.5-6.3 lens maybe .)
The Pen-F is such a beautiful camera :) I would love to try one of those newer Olympus cameras out. They are getting quite cheap too. Amazing bang for you buck right there.
My epl2 has 7artisans 25mm
Thanks man, your video was actually helpful and everything just looked great! I'm looking at getting into more photography and everywhere i turn its 1000$ cameras and people who scored massive deals on expensive stuff. They're videos are great and introspective, but yours was more accurate to what I'd be willing to spend.
could you adapt it the other way round, m4/3 lens on the Pentax 110?
I wonder is it also for video stuff? Lot of ppl like original black magic pocket cinema camera. Anything matches to that?
finally a camera with 4:3 ratio
I can’t open the link to the camera list. I think it’s down
Perfect camera to try cheap Chinese lenses on. I have an EP-1 . My first was a fisheye on my first MFT camera. I have 2 used Sony Nex-3, but lenses cost more.
What brand was the cheap fisheye? m4/3 and Fujifilm are the two digital mounts I am least familiar with. Have a lot more to learn about what's out there.
@@snappiness 7Artisans.
It's cool to be reminded that new gear doesn't make the older stuff less capable, the pictures from that camera would still look great on any screen. Nice video!
(also I tried following the link to your list, but got an error 404)
Thanks for letting me know. It's working on my side, but I'll test with a few other devices/browsers and see if I can duplicate.
@@snappiness yes, 404 for me too... but thanks for setting me off down this rabbit hole!!
@@charlesb7033 okay, thank you both for reporting. I fixed the issue. I had set the page to draft on accident, and it was only loading for me because of my local cache :)
I wanted to ask what size adaptor and where did you buy it? I just picked up a EP2 from the thrift store and would love to adapt different lenses, but Im confused on the sizing haha.
Check out a site like Fotodiox and select that your body is a Micro Four thirds (M4/3) body. Those adapters will work wwith the camera :)
There is a certain appeal for traveling. It would seem with the 2X crop factor that you would be getting a fair amount of pixels with a 300mm f4.5 lens, effectively a 600mm f9 lens, correct? I realize you would loose autofocus, but it does have the right stuff to pull this off?
I have mounted my 300mm f4 on it before. It was quite hilarious! But yes, if you can balance it and manually focus then the image quality was quite good still. I want to try it on my Panasonic g85 m43 camera sometime and film owls. I think that would be really neat.
micro four thirds is 1.6x crop factor.
four thirds is 2x
hi man, i have been adapting vintage lens to a mirrorless for sometimes now.
and today i received an HFT rolleinar 50mm f4. any idea how to adapt it to a nex mount without spending 150 on the fotodiox adapter?
Thanks in advance
Guys do those guarantee results better than pictures of an iphone? Sorry for dumb question 😐
Ciao a tutti! Innanzitutto grazie per il video e tutte le spiegazioni. Avrei bisogno di un aiuto. Ho una Nikon D750 con anelli adattatori ma ovviamente perdo la messa a fuoco all'infinito usando vecchi obiettivi (per divertirmi li compro nei mercatini dell'usato). Quindi, se non ho capito male, volendo spendere il meno possibile, potrei procurarmi una Sony Nex3 e potrei usarci qualsiasi lente? anche le M42? Ci vorrà un anello adattatore? E come fa a essere compatibile, dopo aver montato l'anello adattatore, con qualsiasi tipo di lente?
Grazie mille dell'aiuto! Sto provando a capirci qualcosa per avere una cosa accettabile per divertirmi con un prezzo contentuto!
Jacopo
can i make thia with e-pl3?
My only concern is that simple electronics can fail earlier than expected. My 17 yr old Pentax *istD still works fine but I’ve got an Olympus OM-D M10 mk 1 only about 6 yrs old and while it works fine, every time you charge the battery the camera resets and looses its custom settings and need to reset the date/time. It’s just frustrating when the rest of the camera works fine. Also one of the the Sony micro four thirds lenses I have has an electronics problem and sets an error messsge to the camera saying it won’t work. Bricked lens that’s hardly been used.
Yeah, it can be frustrating. My E-PM1 does the same with date/settings, and E-M10II has its flipping screen go black in some positions.
I haven't had that issue yet that I've noticed, but I do have a Sony dslr I'm playing with that every fourth picture or so half of it is missing. I'm thinking the shutter is dying or something? But yeah, not very fun when things start breaking.
any reccommendations for a 50mm lens for this olympus ep2?
Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 is pretty nifty vintage lense to throw on it. But you need an adapter.
hi, i have a question it is worth to buy sony nex 5n (for start the way with pfotography)?or beter idea is add some money and buy something more expensive and more new. (if in my coment are some mistakes im sorry but english is not my first language )
Do the Pentax 110 lenses vignette on M4/3?
I don't recall any of them vignetting on m43. On APSC some of them will start to vignette, but surprisingly, still really good.
@@snappiness I shall try to find some then!
just crazy how these old cameras have doubled and tripled in price
Every time a youtuber talks about a camera, people tend to raise up the prices knowing there will be people looking for it. Sometimes it's better to take the risk and look into some unknown and unspoken of cameras.
convieniently, 110 film is analog m43
The Panasonic 14mm (28mm equiv) or Panasonic 20mm (40mm equiv) perfect for this small camera
I have both on my list to get eventually. I have a Panasonic g85 now for my video camera and need to pick up some native glass.
I got a sony nex-c3 fully working for 30 bucks (missing battery and sold as untested) with mostly commie film zooms (helios, industar eagle eye, jupiter...) and wow... it is smaller than my phone hence very pocketable (esp with the pancake) use it instead of my phone on nature trips
Hi,
Do you still own the Pentax Q you showed in previous videos?
I don't anymore. I've owned an original Q and a Q10 in the past and really liked them. Especially the Q (metal build feels nice). When I got my Ricoh GR I didn't need another small pocket camera, and I preferred the GR for my shooting style so I sold the Q.
looking horible with these pentax lenses